2014 Egg Tally

This year we added four new chickens, bringing us up to a total of 8. We felt that was a few too many for our city lot to handle, so we ultimately rehomed two. Whitney, one of our original Barnevelders, was a frequently talkative lady, and ultimately had to get the boot. She also had some strange summer egg-laying strike, so that was a somewhat easy decision. Annie, one of our new chicks was flat out not suitable for city life. She SCREAMED. You'd let her out and she still screamed. While I had an emotional attachment to Whitney, Annie was lucky she didn't become dinner. Don't worry, our wonderful chicken store was happy to take them off my homes. I believe Whitney was rehomed, but Annie is still there (and still screaming). 2014 Egg Chart by Chicken Butters: 124 eggs Sara: 146 eggs Tina: 119 eggs Whitney: 54 eggs Ali: 103 eggs Ethel: 106 eggs Josie: 81 eggs 2014 Egg Chart by Month January: 21 eggs February: 16 eggs March: 65 eggs April: 78 eggs May: 79 eggs June: 56 eggs July: 40 eggs August: 59 eggs September: 107 eggs October: 90 eggs November: 79 eggs December: 6 eggs The Americauna's egg laying is noticeably down, although I believe they laid more months out of the year compared to 2013. They got hit with a molt and the darkness of winter means they stopped laying in October this year. Sara redeemed herself for last year's broody shenanigans and hasn't had another spout. Lucky for her, she was on my rehoming short list! The new gals have certainly earned their keep! Once they started laying they came on strong, and minus some weird winter molt for Josie, they've laid all winter. Ironically, she started laying in the proper spot post-molt...